How many counties have you been in?

Pensivepuca

How many counties have you been in, and do you suggest I see any particular ones? I have been in Derry, Antrim, Armagh, Down, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Donegal, Sligo, Monaghan and Dublin. I feel I should see more of Ireland - but where exactly should I dander?

Pherekydes

35, 36 if you count Tipp N and S.

Sir Osis of Liver.

All except Leitrim,no plans to either.

wp_rathead

Pensivepuca wrote: »

How many counties have you been in, and do you suggest I see any particular ones? I have been in Derry, Antrim, Armagh, Down, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Donegal, Sligo, Monaghan and Dublin. I feel I should see more of Ireland - but where exactly should I dander?

get to galway op

think longford and cavan only 2 iv never been too, but it is possible i drove through them without knowing

RobGJ

Ye, there is actually a good chunk of the country I've never visited. Have been to Dublin, Kildare, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Tipperary, Antrim, Kilkenny, Wicklow, Limerick and that's about it - obviously passed through a few others en route but ye, I've got to see more of this auld island..

Voltex

Pensivepuca wrote: »

How many counties have you been in, and do you suggest I see any particular ones? I have been in Derry, Antrim, Armagh, Down, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Donegal, Sligo, Monaghan and Dublin. I feel I should see more of Ireland - but where exactly should I dander?

Co. Wexfords a great spot..ya cant beat a night out in Goery or doing a bit of crab fishing in Cahore and topping it off with the attractions of Court town!!

starlit

All of munster, most of connaght except sligo and leitrim, stayed or passed through others, most of leinster except louth, wicklow, wexford, carlow. None of ulster. Aprox 17 counties.

Pensivepuca

Galway has often been suggested to me before. Very curious about Wexford, never hear much about the place.

April O Neill

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

All except Leitrim,no plans to either.

Parts of Leitrim are beautiful. Your loss.

Hedge11

Pensivepuca wrote: »

I have been in Derry, Antrim, Armagh, Down, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Donegal, Sligo, Monaghan and Dublin.

You must have flown to/from Dublin to avoid Louth & Meath?

DEFTLEFTHAND

April O Neill wrote: »

Parts of Leitrim are beautiful. Your loss.

I really don't understand why they're the butt of so many jokes. It's a lovely little county with a scenic short coastline. It would be in my top 5 destinations for a holiday or short break in Ireland.

callaway92

Pherekydes wrote: »

35, 36 if you count Tipp N and S.

In that case I'm counting Dublin N and S. Oh and also since Galway is so big I'm counting that as 2 too.

Anyway, the whole Tipp North/South thing is no more as come the next elections, Tipp is voting as a whole. Same go for car registrations etc.

Cee-Jay-Cee

I've been to Tipperary but I've never been to me.

Pensivepuca

Hedge11 wrote: »

You must have flown to/from Dublin to avoid Louth & Meath?

Being to a county is different than driving through.

Hedge11

Pensivepuca wrote: »

Being to a county is different than driving through.

No it isn't.

26 at a count. Haven't been to Donegal or Derry yet, two places I'd really like to visit.

Pretty Polly

Does it count if you've driven through a county?

Pherekydes

callaway92 wrote: »

In that case I'm counting Dublin N and S. Oh and also since Galway is so big I'm counting that as 2 too.

Have you counted Fingal, South Dublin or Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Pretty Polly wrote: »

Does it count if you've driven through a county?

Yes.

Amirani

Pretty Polly wrote: »

Does it count if you've driven through a county?

Rule of thumb when interrailing on whether to say you've "been to" a country or just passed through is to have a beer and a shit in said country.

haveabanana

CJC999 wrote: »

I've been to Tipperary but I've never been to me.

I've been to Fairyhouse but I've never been to Meath....

Pensivepuca

Pretty Polly wrote: »

Does it count if you've driven through a county?

You can include places that you have driven through if you like. Personally I do not feel I have really been to a place and fully seen it just bombing through en route.

P.C.

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I really don't understand why they're the butt of so many jokes. It's a lovely little county with a scenic short coastline. It would be in my top 5 destinations for a holiday or short break in Ireland.

Would be.
Can't now that we sold it to the USA to help pay off some of Ireland's debt.

dee_mc

Have been to all and spent at least a day or two in most; Leitrim is a beautiful county and the locals in the areas I worked and stayed in were, on the whole, very friendly and welcoming people. I've never understood the negative thing many Irish people have about Leitrim! I would feel very much the same about Limerick which also has an undeservedly poor reputation. Ireland is a beautiful country with areas of natural beauty in most if not all counties, stop the county-bashing!!

c_man

Pensivepuca wrote: »

You can include places that you have driven through if you like. Personally I do not feel I have really been to a place and fully seen it just bombing through en route.

Sorry Westmeath

GLaDOS

Dublin
Kildare
Wicklow
Meath
Louth
Kilkenny
Wexford

Waterford
Cork
Kerry
Clare

Galway
Mayo
Sligo

Donegal
Antrim
Down

17, just over half.

Amirani

Pretty sure I've been to all 32. Fermanagh is the only one I'm not certain about, certainly never spent any extended amount of time there.

filmbuffboy

Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Wicklow, Wexford, Dublin, Westmeath, Cork, Limerick, Clare.

I've obviously been in a few others when driving through the country, getting from A to B, but not sure if that counts?!

wazky

Just the one OP.

dd972

NiallSparky wrote: »

Pretty sure I've been to all 32. Fermanagh is the only one I'm not certain about, certainly never spent any extended amount of time there.

You mean you've been to the 26 Irish ones and the 6 others in the UK












.....you know I'm only shoite-ing youse

For some reason I though Adare was in Tipperary, it is not. So I've never been there - 25 counties it is. Drove through it plenty of times but never been in it.

angelfire9

All of em
As a child my parents used to bring us camping different province every year
Leitrim has some beautiful scenery by the way

If you haven't been to Clare on the west cost there are the Cliffs of Moher which are worth a visit despite the cost, the view on a good day is fab, we also have the Burren which is unique in Ireland with flora found no where else in the world and Ailwee Caves
Lisdoonvarna in September, miltown malbay in July

Then there is Bunratty castle & folk park, Cragganowen in the centre of the county
To the east there is Killaloe and several lakes on the Shannon
Mountshannon is also beautiful

Oh and Ennis is one of the best towns for boutiques in the west of Ireland

ArnoldJRimmer

Every county bar Waterford, I've just never had a reason to go there

TheBody

Been to all 32. Ireland is a beautiful place folks. Get out there!!

Hmm, good question:

Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow, Meath, Louth, Wexford, Kilkenny, Tipperary
Monaghan, Cavan, Antrim, Down
Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon
Kerry, Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Clare

That doesn't include those that I have passed through, If I were to include those, it would probably be almost everywhere except Donegal, Derry, Tyrone and Fermanagh

Rasheed

Shh stop praising Leitrim! It's a deadly spot, great night life, beautiful castles, coast and scenery. Too many people visiting it will get in my way!

Pherekydes

Deleted User wrote: »

Drove through it plenty of times but never been in it.

Explain!

Pherekydes

Pherekydes wrote: »

Explain!

Badly worded

I mean I've never seen any of it or gotten out of the car, just passed through. Saw the Bulmers factory the other day!

Daemos

Definitely
Kilkenny, Tipperary, Carlow, Waterford, Wexford, Laois, Kildare, Dublin, Galway, Cork

Possibly
Clare, Limerick, Offaly, Wicklow

So almost every county in the bottom-half of the country; none in the top-half

Pang

The only ones I have not been to are a few in Ulster, Derry and Antrim.

Been to every other county. So 30 in total.

Being a member of a sports club is a great way to get to travel the country.

RachaelVO

That got me thinking

Dublin, Donegal, Meath, Wicklow, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Meath, Kildare, Laois, Derry, Monaghan, Cavan, Kilkenny, Carlow, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Galway, Tipperary

So I'm a 21, which is higher than I thought it would be

Pensivepuca

Leitrim is really being sold to me, its quite close too.

Stinicker

I have been to 31 counties but I've never been to Co. Derry.

RachaelVO

RachaelVO wrote: »

Laois,

Oh I forgot about Laois! I've been to Laois many times! back up to 26

wp_rathead

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

Every county bar Waterford, I've just never had a reason to go there

Dungarvon is a surprisingly nice lil town

wprathead

wprathead wrote: »

Dungarvon is a surprisingly nice lil town

Was there Saturday!

Was also in Cork, and Wexford on Saturday. I get around :P

RachaelVO

Deleted User wrote: »

Oh I forgot about Laois! I've been to Laois many times! back up to 26

Poor Laois and Leitrim they seem to get forgotten very easily.

(actually I liked them both, and preferred Laois to one of our most hailed touristy counties in the south)

RachaelVO

RachaelVO wrote: »

Poor Laois and Leitrim they seem to get forgotten very easily.

(actually I liked them both, and preferred Laois to one of our most hailed touristy counties in the south)

Laois is always the county I forget when I'm trying to name them all!

Sure I go to Electric Picnic every year and have friends down there and everything. Should really remember that one :P

RachaelVO

Deleted User wrote: »

Laois is always the county I forget when I'm trying to name them all!

Sure I go to Electric Picnic every year and have friends down there and everything. Should really remember that one :P

Really, if that's true, I'm mortified for ya

Peanut Butter Jelly

All except Waterford.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Oh I forgot about Laois!

That's ok, it happens quite a lot to us :pac: